The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-24
McGLYNN AND GEORGE.
Two Agitators Who Agitate the Sea
at Manhattan Beach.

NEW YORK, July 23.-At Manhattan
Beach the other day there was sudden
turning of bathers and spectators and gen
eral running of idlers to points from which
a good view of the surf might DO obtained.
The secret of the commotion was conveyed
in the words Father McGlynn and Henry
George" which flew from mouth to mouth.
There they We're, sure enough clad in the
brief, striped suits that suggest the prison
in spite of their informality and tho free
dom that comes from wearing them. The
two agltatorS were watched with the keen
est interest. A man ON his way from the
water turned about and stood on the sand.
tie said TO another bather at his side:
so they are the fellows, are they2
Which is McGlynn--the big onei All.
Then George must be the little one"
lnasmuch as DR.. McGlynn is the typical
priest in appearance and Mr.. George wears
a full, red beard, it seemed that there should
have been no difficulty in distinguishing
them. / had the unique pleasure of inter
viewing these gentlemen in the surf. Mr..
George said he liked swimming very much,
but did not feel particularly attracted to
Manhattan Beach. Dr. McGlynn floated
on his back, smiled assent and blew the salt
spray from his mouth in silent JOY. Later
the conversation was renewed in the wait
ing room of the bath house, and | told Mr.
George of a REMARK | had heard while
dressing. A man in a neighboring room
said to his friend:
did you see George and McGlynn in the
water? You want to look out for them.
George, you know. is one of those fellows
that want to divide up all property and let
everybody have it without earning it. ="
Mr.. George seemed greatly amused, ana
not whit disturbed by the barbarous mis-
understanding or ignorance of his views
displayed in the remark.
"Such things discourage me" he asked.
why, not at all. | admit that it is some
what eXaSperating to meet continually in
telligent men who condemn me without
reservation, and who on investigation prove
to be utter strangers to my writings, having
taken their opinions secondhand or from
their own hasty prejudices, but that, after
all, is not to be considered; | rather find
ground for the greatest encouragement in
what we have done Now, | suppose that
by this time there may be 20,0O0,000 of
people in this country who have heard of
us, and probably at least Il, 900 hold
just such impressions of us as that you
heard expressed. But in the remaining
100000 there is, to put it moderately, an
intelligent interest in what we have to say
and an earnest desire to understand it, 1t
does seem TO me that the drift of popular
thought is Enthusiastically and powerfully set
in the direction of the views we advocate. y
DR.. McGlynn nodded his head gravely in
assent to this view.
what seems to me strangest in this agi-
tation,n he said, lis the tenderness that so
many Protestant newspaper writers have
suddenly developed for the Pope and the
laws of the church. They read me lecture
after lecture on my duties as a Catholic, in
form me of my theological status, as if |
were not somewhat familiar with that de
partment of study. | cannot help believing
that it is not my personality that is so inter
eSting; that the sensation consists more in
the economic cause with which | am identi-
fled than in my relations to the church; and
that the effort is made to obscure the great
principles at stake with discussions of my in
dividual matters. 1t is kind of political
trick. y
81 am reminded, )" said Mr.. George with a
laugh, ''of an adventure | had within a
week on a railroad train. was returning
to New York over the Lackawanna road
and in the smoking room of the train fell
into conversation with a gentleman sitting
next me. We chatted on various topics,
met at lunch, and again in the smoking
room. | think we had begun to feel quite
kindly toward one another when the talk
turned upon economics and my new friend
launSheo mug /" vi t'oo "SaiiioO peoi 20 anu
McGlynn. 1t was impossible to head him
off, so bitter were his views. He came
to climax by insisting that we ought
both of us to he hung, and believe he init
mated rather strongly that he would like to
pull the string at that interesting operation.
| allowed him to run his course and we
chatted on until economics had been tempo
rarily forgotten Then | suggested that we
exchange cards. | would have liked to have
seen the poor fellow when he read my card.
] won't attempt to describe his expression,
but he said, very solemnly: "Mr. George,
this teaches me lesson that shall not be
likely to forget" f. r. BURTON.